David Shoebridge today submitted a petition of over two hundred signatures to the NSW Legislative Council calling for the abolition of the Game Council and for the government to legislate for a permanent end to recreational hunting in NSW. Greens MP and Firearms...

With Premier O’Farrell about to send armed 12 year old children into our National Parks and his failure to have police enforce existing gun laws that require shooters to have a good reason to get their hands on a gun, the Greens are calling for the Premier to...

It has been revealed today that at no stage in the process of getting a license to own a firearm or to hunt on public land is it required for hunters to do an eye test to prove they can properly identify the targets they are shooting. This raises fresh safety concerns...

This is the transcript of a speech delivered in NSW Parliament on 21 June 2012. It can be seen in its original context here Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [12.16 p.m.]: On behalf of The Greens I place on record The Greens strong opposition to the Game and Feral Animal Control...

New figures obtained by The Greens and the National Coalition for Gun Control confirm that in 87 per cent of drive by shootings the weapon of choice for criminals is a handgun. This highlights the failure of the NSW Government to take any steps at all to control the...

Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [6.14 p.m.]: The Greens support the Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Bill 2012. It has been a long-standing commitment of my party to ensure that we do all we can to make certain that the firearms laws in New South Wales live up to the...